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MP Lobb dismisses claims he endorsed Trump, calls Thompson's column a `drive-by smear'
Darryl Coote
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Huron -Bruce MP Ben Lobb
did not say he endorsed Don-
ald Trump for president in a
recent interview with a local
radio station, the Conservative
politician told The Signal Star
on Nov. 15, saying he only
thought the American real
estate mogul would win the US
presidential race because of his
ability to reach disaffected mid-
dle-class voters.
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What I said was I
thought Donald
Trump was going to
win right from the
beginning and
thinking
somebody's going
to win is different
than endorsing or
supporting or
putting up signs or
donating money,
which I did none of
those."
— Huron -Bruce MP
Ben Lobb
"What I said was I thought
Donald Trump was going to
win right from the beginning
and thinking somebody's going
to win is different than endors-
ing or supporting or putting up
signs or donating money,
which I did none of those, said
the trice elected Conservative
politician. "But I did think he
was going to win"
This clarification is in reac-
tion to the radio piece that
states Lobb had endorsed
Trump and was "celebrating"
the Republican's Nov 8 victory
over Democratic candidate
Hillary Clinton and to a scath-
ing criticism by Liberal politi-
cian Allan Thompson, who lost
to Lobb in last year's Federal
election, published Nov 15 in
The Kincardine News.
Both articles are causing
quite a stir on Facebook and
many have written letters to
The Signal Star to show disa-
greement with Lobb's alleged
stance.
Asked if he does support
Trump, Lobb said it's
"irrelevant:'
"I'm a Canadian citizen. I
endorsed [former prime minis-
ter of Canada] Stephen Harper
and whoever is the new leader
of our [Conservative] party, that
is who I'm endorsing," he said,
adding that no matter who is
the president of the United
States, Canadian politicians
have to work with them.
His stance, he said, would be
no different if Clinton had won
the job.
"Others are trying to twist my
words," he said referring to
Thompson's column, "and
that's fine, but I'm telling you as
I'm on the phone with you here
today, if Hillary Clinton had
won I'd be telling you the same
thing. We have to be smart
about this as Canadians
because the US is our number
one ally and our number one
trading partner'.'
File photo
Lobb recently responded to comments made about him by Liberal
politician Allan Thompson, who lost to Lobb in last year's Federal
election. "Others are trying to twist my words," he said, referring
to Thompson's column.
In Thompson's column, the
Liberal politician said that
Lobb's alleged support of
Trump, support of Kelly Leitch
for the Conservative leadership
and support of controversial
immigration reform to screen
potential immigrants for so-
called un -Canadian values was
a "dog whistle" to racists in
Huron -Bruce.
Lobb said Thompson was
taking the "low road" to say he
was playing on people's fears of
immigrants and that the col-
umn was a "drive-by smear."
He said the screening pro-
cess is to ensure immigrants are
the "best fit for Canada" and to
make sure they support wom-
en's equality and are open to
Canadian culture and values
while opposing Sharia law and
arranged marriages.
"Every single one of us were
immigrants, okay? My grand-
mother immigrated from Eng-
land after the war like many
others did. We're all immi-
grants, we all understand that
Canada is a success because we
welcome immigrants and that
we have been open to immi-
grants. There is no question to
that," Lobb said.
Lobb said Thompson's moti-
vation behind the column was
to distract attention for the
"poor record" of his Liberal
government
"For Allan to go down that
road, he'd may be frustrated
about something else, I don't
know, but why he would use
those things is ridiculous," he
said.
Concerning the racist and
misogynistic remarks and atti-
tudes displayed by Trump dur-
ing his campaign, Lobb said
they aren't present in the Cana-
dian political environment
He said no one supports
those types of comments and
for Thompson to suggest other-
wise is "disgusting."
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